Stove.



No. 633,715. Patented sept. 26, |899.

J. R. CARTER.

STVE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JOHN R. CARTER, OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR 'lO ERNST II. I'IUENEEELD, OF SAME PLACE.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,715, dated September 26, 1899.

Application [iled December 28, 1897. Serial No. 663,975. No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN R. CARTER, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves; and I do hereby declare the followingr to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which.

it appertains to make and use the same.

, My invention relates to an improvement in stoves, and more particularly to wood-burning heating-stoves.

In the wood-burning heating-stoves now in ordinary use a iire-pot is carried within a drum or jacket, and the only access to the stove is through a fuel-opening in the top of the drum or jacket and the top of the fire-pot. XVith such construction it is inconvenient to start a iire, as the match or torch must be applied through the fuel-opening in the top, and after the fire has been started it is diicult to get at the burning logs for the purpose of rearranging them, and it is also difficult and inconvenient to remove the ashes from the stove. Stoves, however, of this character possess advantages over the ordinary stoves in which the fire-pot is open at the bottom, in that they are practically airtight, the only air admitted to the fire-pot entering through the draft-register, which can be adjusted to a nicety, thus permitting a slow-burning iire to be kept up without attention whatsoever for more than twenty-four hours.

The object of my invention is to provide a stove embodying the principal features of advantage of the wood-burning stove above described and such as is disclosed in Patent No. 601,566, granted to E. H. l-Iuenefeld March 29, 1898, with a practically air-tight door carrying the draft flue or boX, so that by opening the door the fire can be started, fed, and ashes removed.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the parts and combinations of parts, as will be more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation of a stove embodying my Fig. 2 is Fig. 3 is a view in vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 is a view in transverse section of same.

A represents a stove comprising an outer jacket A', mounted on legs B and carrying the inner cylindrical iire-pot C. This firepot is closed at its bottom and is provided at its top or side near its top with a smoke-liuc D.

In the patent above referred to the only ingress-openings to this fire-pot is a fuel-opening at the top of the stove, covered by a hood, and a iixed draft-box near the'bottom, and while I prefer to employ in this stove the fuelopening at the top I provide the stove with a door E near the base of the fire-pot and attach the draft-box directly to the door, so that when the door is closed the draft for sustaining combustion is carried in through the draft flue or box in the door, and by opening the door the fire can be started, logs rearranged when necessary, and ashes removed.

An opening of the proper size is formed in the outer jacket A', and an opening d somewhat smaller, but corresponding in position to the opening in the jacket, is formed in the fire-pot C, and I prefer to connect the jacket and fire-pot by a flanged collar F, completely surrounding these two openings. This collar prevents any leakage of air into the firepot from the hot-air space surrounding the fire-pot and also prevents cinders or ashes from falling onto the iioor between the firepot and jacket.

The re-pot and jacket are ordinarily made of sheet-iron, and when constructed of this metal I prefer to reinforce them around the door-openings by the collars or rings b b', secured thereto by the rivets or screws which secure the collar F in place.

The door E is hinged at c to the jacket or to the iiue-box and carries on its rear face the draft flue or box G, the door forming the front face of the iiue or box. The door is provided near its upper edge with openings e, covered by a sliding damper-plate e', and the rear side of the iiue or box is provided near its lower end with an opening f for the escape of the air into the lire-pot. N ith this construction it will be seen that the air enters from above and passing downwardly through the box enters the fire pot near the base thereof.

rlhe edges of the inner face of the box Gr may rest in Contact with the ila-nge g of the collar F, or, if the collar F be dispensed with, may rest in contact with the onter face ofthe lire-pot, and with such construction the rear side of the draft flue or box G would be shaped to conform to the convex face oi the lire-pot.

If desired, I can pack the contacting' edges of the door and flange g or lire-pot C with asbestos, and thus provide air-tight joints. I prefer also to provide the lower portion of the door E with a niica front, so that the fire will be Visible from the outside of the stove. lith this construction the major portion of the draft flue or box is located within the space between the jacket and fire-pot or within the space inclosed by the collar F. Hence the outer face ofthe door projects but slightly beyond the outer surface of the jacket and resembles the ordinary draft-flue plate' used on the stoves shown in application above referred to.

It is evident that niany slight changes might be resorted to without departing from the relative arrangement of parts herein shown' and described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. IIence I would have it understood that I do not wish to restrict niyselt` to the exact construction of parts herein shown and described; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe combination with an outer vertical jacket open at its bottoni and vertical fire-pot of less dianieter than the jacket located within the jacket and having a closed bottoni, the said jacket and tire-pot having a fuel-open ing in the top, and a cover for said opening, and each also having an opening in its front face, of a single hollow door or closure hinged to the jacket and bridging the space between the jacket and fire-pot, and having an air-in gress opening in its front face near its top and an egress-opening in its inner face near its bottom, and a damper carried by said door or closure for closing said ingress-opening, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN R. CARTER.

'W'itnessesz C. S. DRURY, G. F. DowNING. 

